Anterior decompression of late thoracolumbar fracture dislocation with paraplegia

The operative methods for treatment of thoracolumbar fracture-dislocations have been improved in recent years. Anterior or anterior-lateral decompression for thoracolumbar fracture-dislocations with spinal cord injury is considered as a practical and successful method by many researchers. Since 1994 using trans-pedicular partial vertebrectomy, we have treated 43 cases of late thoracolumbar fracture-dislocations with paraplegia successfully.